2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Summary

The 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 120th season of the franchise; the 115th in the National League. This was their first season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 62–100, their first 100 loss season since 1985. The year also saw longtime Pirate Bill Mazeroski inducted into the Hall of Fame.[2]

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record62–100 (.383)
Divisional place6th
OwnersKevin McClatchy
General managersCam Bonifay
Roy Smith (interim)
Dave Littlefield
ManagersLloyd McClendon
TelevisionWCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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Offseason edit

  • February 1, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 93 69 0.574 44–37 49–32
St. Louis Cardinals 93 69 0.574 54–28 39–41
Chicago Cubs 88 74 0.543 5 48–33 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 68 94 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 66 96 0.407 27 27–54 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 100 0.383 31 38–43 24–57 Game log edit
2001 Game Log (62–100)
April (9–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @ Cincinnati 2–3 Fernandez Ritchie Graves 20,784 0–1
2 April 4 @ Cincinnati 6–5 (10) Williams Sullivan 18,330 1–1
3 April 5 @ Cincinnati 1–4 Dessens Anderson Riedling 20,482 1–2
4 April 6 @ Houston 1–4 Dotel Olivares Wagner 27,126 1–3
5 April 7 @ Houston 5–3 Arroyo Bottenfield Williams 30,046 2–3
6 April 8 @ Houston 9–3 Beimel Elarton 30,174 3–3
7 April 9 Cincinnati 2–8 Reitsma Ritchie 36,954 3–4
8 April 11 Cincinnati 6–5 Silva Riedling Williams 35,045 4–4
9 April 12 Cincinnati 6–11 Harnisch Olivares 33,045 4–5
10 April 13 @ Chicago 2–4 Bere Arroyo Fassero 26,003 4–6
11 April 14 @ Chicago 6–7 Aybar Silva Fassero 34,220 4–7
12 April 15 @ Chicago 1–5 Duncan Sauerbeck 21,061 4–8
13 April 16 Houston 3–0 Anderson Miller Williams 20,128 5–8
14 April 18 Houston 8–4 Arroyo Reynolds 20,339 6–8
15 April 20 Chicago 2–8 Lieber Martinez 31,692 6–9
16 April 21 Chicago 3–4 Heredia Williams Fassero 33,105 6–10
17 April 22 Chicago 4–3 (10) Williams Fassero 35,676 7–10
18 April 24 @ Los Angeles 5–1 Olivares Park 23,596 8–10
19 April 25 @ Los Angeles 5–6 Adams Manzanillo 22,495 8–11
20 April 26 @ Los Angeles 3–6 Brown Ritchie 24,143 8–12
21 April 27 @ San Diego 3–0 Anderson Jones Williams 27,896 9–12
22 April 28 @ San Diego 1–8 Eaton Arroyo 48,326 9–13
23 April 29 @ San Diego 1–6 Williams Olivares Hoffman 41,654 9–14
May (8–20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 1 San Francisco 6–11 Rueter Martinez 22,926 9–15
25 May 2 San Francisco 6–7 Ortiz Silva Nen 22,880 9–16
26 May 3 San Francisco 4–3 Silva Estes Williams 23,048 10–16
27 May 4 Colorado 3–9 Hampton Arroyo 32,653 10–17
28 May 5 Colorado 11–3 Olivares Chacon 37,596 11–17
29 May 6 Colorado 4–3 (11) Beimel White 34,915 12–17
30 May 7 @ St. Louis 0–7 Morris Ritchie 31,891 12–18
31 May 8 @ St. Louis 2–8 Benes Anderson 35,771 12–19
32 May 9 @ St. Louis 2–6 Hermanson Arroyo 33,921 12–20
33 May 10 @ St. Louis 5–11 Matthews Silva 45,008 12–21
34 May 11 @ Milwaukee 3–0 Schmidt Haynes Williams 31,525 13–21
35 May 12 @ Milwaukee 4–5 (12) Leskanic Beimel 42,004 13–22
36 May 13 @ Milwaukee 1–4 Sheets Anderson 30,084 13–23
37 May 14 @ Milwaukee 8–11 Wright Wengert Leskanic 26,974 13–24
38 May 15 St. Louis 3–8 Hermanson Olivares 30,883 13–25
39 May 16 St. Louis 0–3 Kile Schmidt 29,128 13–26
40 May 17 St. Louis 2–12 Morris Ritchie 29,835 13–27
41 May 19 Milwaukee 6–1 Anderson Sheets 37,857 14–27
42 May 20 Milwaukee 8–7 Manzanillo Weathers Williams 35,728 15–27
43 May 23 @ Philadelphia 0–4 Wolf Schmidt Bottalico 15–28
44 May 23 @ Philadelphia 2–5 Daal Olivares Mesa 13,337 15–29
45 May 24 @ Philadelphia 5–6 Cormier Sauerbeck Mesa 12,287 15–30
46 May 25 @ Atlanta 0–1 Maddux Ritchie 28,120 15–31
47 May 26 @ Atlanta 3–9 Burkett Wengert 40,788 15–32
48 May 27 @ Atlanta 6–3 Arroyo Glavine Williams 35,728 16–32
49 May 28 Florida 8–5 Silva Miceli Williams 26,512 17–32
50 May 29 Florida 0–5 Burnett Anderson 21,083 17–33
51 May 30 Florida 7–9 (10) Alfonseca Williams Looper 24,343 17–34
June (12–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 Atlanta 1–5 Burkett Ritchie 34,230 17–35
53 June 3 Atlanta 7–11 Glavine Olivares 17–36
54 June 3 Atlanta 3–8 Smoltz Anderson 36,924 17–37
55 June 5 @ Florida 5–2 Schmidt Penny Williams 10,138 18–37
56 June 6 @ Florida 2–7 Dempster Ritchie 10,114 18–38
57 June 7 @ Florida 3–5 Bones Manzanillo Alfonseca 14,516 18–39
58 June 8 @ Minnesota 6–8 Carrasco Olivares Hawkins 29,587 18–40
59 June 9 @ Minnesota 2–3 Mays Anderson Hawkins 26,685 18–41
60 June 10 @ Minnesota 11–8 Sauerbeck Miller Williams 24,400 19–41
61 June 12 @ Detroit 13–3 Ritchie Mlicki 15,919 20–41
62 June 13 @ Detroit 3–6 Weaver Beimel Anderson 17,639 20–42
63 June 14 @ Detroit 4–6 Sparks Arroyo Anderson 17,305 20–43
64 June 15 Cleveland 6–3 Anderson Burba Williams 36,235 21–43
65 June 16 Cleveland 6–4 Schmidt Wright Williams 37,056 22–43
66 June 17 Cleveland 1–0 Ritchie Karsay 36,694 23–43
67 June 19 Philadelphia 8–5 Beimel Chen Sauerbeck 33,713 24–43
68 June 20 Philadelphia 5–9 Daal Arroyo 28,145 24–44
69 June 21 Philadelphia 3–6 Person Anderson Mesa 29,560 24–45
70 June 22 Montréal 5–11 Armas Schmidt 33,439 24–46
71 June 23 Montréal 7–4 Ritchie Yoshii Williams 38,169 25–46
72 June 24 Montréal 4–11 Mattes Beimel 36,826 25–47
73 June 25 Milwaukee 6–4 Williams Levrault Williams 22,470 26–47
74 June 26 Milwaukee 7–6 (12) Olivares King 24,120 27–47
75 June 27 Milwaukee 6–2 Schmidt Haynes 25,756 28–47
76 June 28 Milwaukee 1–0 Ritchie Wright Williams 36,390 29–47
77 June 29 @ Montréal 3–12 Mattes Beimel 6,504 29–48
78 June 30 @ Montréal 6–7 Lloyd Williams 8,711 29–49
July (12–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79 July 1 @ Montréal 3–9 Thurman Anderson 6,631 29–50
80 July 2 @ Cincinnati 10–5 Schmidt Davis 22,397 30–50
81 July 3 @ Cincinnati 3–2 Ritchie Dessens Williams 21,724 31–50
82 July 4 @ Cincinnati 14–3 Beimel Reith 17,972 32–50
83 July 5 @ Cincinnati 1–7 Acevedo Williams 24,128 32–51
84 July 6 @ Chicago 10–6 Manzanillo Howry 19,554 33–51
85 July 7 @ Chicago 1–4 Wells Schmidt Foulke 25,113 33–52
86 July 8 @ Chicago 2–9 Lowe Ritchie 22,105 33–53
87 July 12 Kansas City 2–0 Anderson Suppan Williams 26,393 34–53
88 July 13 Kansas City 1–0 Ritchie Grimsley 35,325 35–53
89 July 14 Kansas City 4–7 Wilson Williams Hernandez 37,789 35–54
90 July 15 Los Angeles 2–4 Brown Schmidt Shaw 38,152 35–55
91 July 16 Los Angeles 4–6 Gagne Beimel Shaw 26,145 35–56
92 July 17 Los Angeles 1–4 Adams Anderson Herges 30,150 35–57
93 July 18 Chicago 5–6 Fassero Williams Gordon 31,919 35–58
94 July 19 Chicago 3–2 Olivares Duncan Williams 34,921 36–58
95 July 20 @ St. Louis 4–1 Schmidt Hermanson Manzanillo 35,215 37–58
96 July 21 @ St. Louis 2–9 Smith Beimel 44,930 37–59
97 July 22 @ St. Louis 2–0 Anderson Timlin Williams 33,546 38–59
98 July 24 @ Chicago 2–10 Tavarez Ritchie 40,269 38–60
99 July 25 @ Chicago 5–6 Lieber Williams 38,508 38–61
100 July 26 Houston 2–3 Mlicki Schmidt Wagner 30,245 38–62
101 July 27 Houston 3–2 Beimel Reynolds Williams 38,463 39–62
102 July 28 Houston 9–8 Olivares Wagner 32,977 40–62
103 July 28 Houston 3–12 McKnight Anderson 38,295 40–63
104 July 29 Houston 4–1 Ritchie Miller Williams 37,166 41–63
105 July 31 @ San Francisco 7–8 (11) Gomes Wilkins 41,529 41–64
August (8–20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 @ San Francisco 1–3 Schmidt Beimel Nen 41,251 41–65
107 August 2 @ San Francisco 0–3 Rueter McKnight Nen 41,726 41–66
108 August 3 @ Colorado 7–12 Hampton Anderson 38,836 41–67
109 August 4 @ Colorado 6–3 Ritchie Chacon 44,294 42–67
110 August 5 @ Colorado 5–4 Lincoln Bohanon Fetters 36,570 43–67
111 August 7 Los Angeles 1–2 Adams McKnight Shaw 28,873 43–68
112 August 8 Los Angeles 4–9 Carrara Anderson 29,528 43–69
113 August 9 Los Angeles 8–5 Ritchie Park Fetters 29,841 44–69
114 August 10 San Diego 2–3 Tollberg Williams Hoffman 36,588 44–70
115 August 11 San Diego 2–6 Lawrence Beimel 39,388 44–71
116 August 12 San Diego 7–6 Manzanillo Myers 37,150 45–71
117 August 13 @ Arizona 0–3 Johnson Anderson 32,386 45–72
118 August 14 @ Arizona 3–4 (10) Batista Marte 31,006 45–73
119 August 15 @ Arizona 2–5 Schilling Williams 28,703 45–74
120 August 16 @ Houston 3–4 Miller Beimel Wagner 26,518 45–75
121 August 17 @ Houston 5–6 Mlicki McKnight Wagner 37,363 45–76
122 August 18 @ Houston 0–3 Hernandez Anderson Dotel 41,955 45–77
123 August 19 @ Houston 2–12 Oswalt Ritchie 35,915 45–78
124 August 21 Arizona 4–2 Olivares Schilling Fetters 35,131 46–78
125 August 22 Arizona 0–6 Lopez Beimel 26,531 46–79
126 August 23 Arizona 5–1 McKnight Johnson Fetters 30,794 47–79
127 August 24 Houston 1–5 Oswalt Anderson 37,324 47–80
128 August 25 Houston 8–2 Ritchie Mlicki 37,665 48–80
129 August 26 Houston 1–3 Villone Williams Wagner 34,850 48–81
130 August 27 @ Milwaukee 5–12 Coppinger Beimel Buddie 26,289 48–82
131 August 28 @ Milwaukee 6–5 Sauerbeck Leskanic Fetters 23,579 49–82
132 August 29 @ Milwaukee 8–9 Levrault Anderson Fox 24,551 49–83
133 August 31 @ Cincinnati 3–11 Reitsma Ritchie 19,090 49–84
September (9–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 @ Cincinnati 7–0 Williams Acevedo 24,308 50–84
135 September 2 @ Cincinnati 6–8 Sullivan Lincoln Graves 21,881 50–85
136 September 3 Milwaukee 7–12 Leiter Vogelsong 50–86
137 September 3 Milwaukee 3–2 Fetters Fox 29,003 51–86
138 September 4 Milwaukee 5–2 Arroyo Levrault Fetters 17,293 52–86
139 September 5 Milwaukee 5–1 Ritchie Wright 18,866 53–86
140 September 6 Cincinnati 6–8 Brower Loiselle Graves 20,683 53–87
141 September 7 Cincinnati 3–1 McKnight Davis Olivares 33,800 54–87
142 September 8 Cincinnati 5–2 Anderson Dessens 38,638 55–87
143 September 9 Cincinnati 3–5 Reyes Vogelsong Graves 33,214 55–88
144 September 17 New York 1–4 Franco Fetters Benitez 25,902 55–89
145 September 18 New York 5–7 Riggan Olivares Benitez 19,285 55–90
146 September 19 New York 2–9 Gonzalez McKnight 20,371 55–91
147 September 20 St. Louis 1–9 Williams Anderson 21,678 55–92
148 September 21 St. Louis 5–9 Hackman Olivares 36,209 55–93
149 September 22 St. Louis 1–4 Smith Ritchie Stechschulte 37,539 55–94
150 September 23 St. Louis 2–1 Williams Hermanson Manzanillo 33,633 56–94
151 September 24 Chicago 7–6 Lincoln Chiasson Loiselle 18,908 57–94
152 September 25 Chicago 13–1 Anderson Bere 18,581 58–94
153 September 26 Chicago 4–8 Cruz Arroyo 25,564 58–95
154 September 28 @ St. Louis 3–14 Hermanson Ritchie 33,218 58–96
155 September 29 @ St. Louis 0–2 Morris Williams Stechschulte 39,782 58–97
156 September 30 @ St. Louis 3–7 Williams McKnight 42,442 58–98
October (4–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
157 October 1 @ New York 5–1 Anderson Rusch Sauerbeck 6,315 59–98
158 October 2 @ New York 10–1 Arroyo Chen 8,058 60–98
159 October 3 @ New York 0–3 Trachsel Ritchie 6,627 60–99
160 October 5 @ Chicago 3–2 Beimel Bere Fetters 24,786 61–99
161 October 6 @ Chicago 2–13 Tavarez McKnight 35,020 61–100
162 October 7 @ Chicago 4–3 Beimel Zambrano Fetters 35,083 62–100
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona 5–2 6–3 5–1 13–6 4–2 2–4 10–9 3–3 3–3 3–3 3–4 4–2 12–7 10–9 2–4 7–8
Atlanta 2–5 4–2 4–2 4–2 9–10 3–3 2–5 3–3 13–6 10–9 10–9 5–1 3–3 4–2 3–3 9–9
Chicago 3–6 2–4 13–4 3–3 3–3 8–9 4–2 8–9 3–3 4–2 4–2 10–6 2–4 3–3 9–8 9–6
Cincinnati 1–5 2–4 4–13 3–6 4–2 6–11 4–2 6–10 4–2 4–2 2–4 9–8 2–4 4–2 7–10 4–11
Colorado 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–3 4–2 2–4 8–11 5–1 3–4 4–3 2–4 2–4 9–10 9–10 6–3 2–10
Florida 2–4 10–9 3–3 2–4 2–4 3–3 2–5 4–2 12–7 7–12 5–14 4–2 3–4 2–4 3–3 12–6
Houston 4–2 3–3 9–8 11–6 4–2 3–3 2–4 12–5 6–0 3–3 3–3 9–8 3–6 3–3 9–7 9–6
Los Angeles 9–10 5–2 2–4 2–4 11–8 5–2 4–2 5–1 2–4 2–4 3–3 7–2 9–10 11–8 3–3 6–9
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 9–8 10–6 1–5 2–4 5–12 1–5 4–2 3–3 3–3 6–11 1–5 5–4 7–10 5–10
Montreal 3–3 6–13 3–3 2–4 4–3 7–12 0–6 4–2 2–4 8–11 9–10 5–1 3–3 2–5 2–4 8–10
New York 3–3 9–10 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–7 3–3 4–2 3–3 11–8 11–8 4–2 1–5 3–4 1–5 10–8
Philadelphia 4–3 9–10 2–4 4–2 4–2 14–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 10–9 8–11 5–1 5–2 3–3 2–4 7–11
Pittsburgh 2–4 1–5 6–10 8–9 4–2 2–4 8–9 2–7 11–6 1–5 2–4 1–5 2–4 1–5 3–14 8–7
San Diego 7–12 3–3 4–2 4–2 10–9 4–3 6–3 10–9 5–1 3–3 5–1 2–5 4–2 5–14 1–5 6–9
San Francisco 9–10 2–4 3–3 2–4 10–9 4–2 3–3 8–11 4–5 5–2 4–3 3–3 5–1 14–5 4–2 10–5
St. Louis 4–2 3–3 8–9 10–7 3–6 3–3 7–9 3–3 10–7 4–2 5–1 4–2 14–3 5–1 2–4 8–7


Detailed records edit

Roster edit

2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup edit

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Adrian Brown CF
Derek Bell RF
Jason Kendall C
Brian Giles LF
Aramis Ramírez 3B
Kevin Young 1B
Pat Meares 2B
Jack Wilson SS
Todd Ritchie SP

Notable transactions edit

  • April 2, 2001: Billy Taylor was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
  • April 3, 2001: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
  • April 11, 2001: Ramón Martínez was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[4]
  • June 5, 2001: Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.[5]
  • July 30, 2001: John Vander Wal and Jason Schmidt were traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Armando Ríos and Ryan Vogelsong.[6]

PNC Park edit

 
J. P. "Honus" Wagner, a statue of Honus Wagner by Frank Vittor, outside the homeplate entrance

The Pirates opened the park with two pre-season games against the New York Mets, the first was played on March 31, 2001.[7] The first official baseball game played in PNC Park was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, on April 9, 2001. The Reds won the game by the final score of 8–2. The first pitch was thrown by Todd Ritchie, a ball to Barry Larkin. In the top of the first inning, Sean Casey's two-run home run was the first hit in the park. The first Pirates' batter, Adrian Brown, struck out; however, later in the inning Jason Kendall singled, the first hit by a Pirate. Two days later, John Vander Wal became the first Pirate to hit a home run in the park.[8]

Upon opening in 2001, PNC Park was praised by fans and media alike. Jim Caple, of ESPN.com, ranked PNC Park as the best stadium in Major League Baseball, with a score of 95 out of 100.[9] He compared the park to Fallingwater, calling the stadium itself "perfect", and citing the high ticket prices as the only negative aspect of visiting the park.[10] Pirates' vice-president Steve Greenberg said, "We said when construction began that we would build the best ballpark in baseball, and we believe we've done that."[8] Major League Baseball executive Paul Beeston has said the park was the best he's seen so far in baseball.[8] Many of the workers who built the park said that it was the nicest that they have seen.[11] In 2008, Men's Fitness named the park one of "10 big league parks worth seeing this summer".[12][13]

 
An evening game between the Dodgers and Pirates – August 7, 2001

Awards and honors edit

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Statistics edit

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Draft picks edit

2001 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks[16]
Rd # Player Pos DOB and Age School
1 8 John Van Benschoten RHP (1980-04-14)April 14, 1980 (aged 21) Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
3 84 Jeremy Guthrie RHP (1979-04-08)April 8, 1979 (aged 22) Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
4 114 Jeff Keppinger SS (1980-04-21)April 21, 1980 (aged 21) University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
5 144 Travis Chapman 1B (1978-06-05)June 5, 1978 (aged 23) Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce, Florida)
6 174 Drew Friedberg LHP (1979-03-03)March 3, 1979 (aged 22) Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
7 204 Mike McCuistion C (1982-05-14)May 14, 1982 (aged 19) Yucaipa HS (Yucaipa, California)
8 234 Chris Duffy OF (1980-04-20)April 20, 1980 (aged 21) Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
9 264 Jason Fellows 1B Berkmar HS (Lilburn, Georgia)
10 294 Aaron Bulkley SS (1983-05-06)May 6, 1983 (aged 18) Port Byron HS (Cayuga, New York)
Note
  • Age at time of draft.

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Marty Brown
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Dale Sveum
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Curtis Wilkerson
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Pete Mackanin
A-Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters New York–Penn League Tony Beasley
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Williamsport

References edit

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxxviii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
  3. ^ a b c "Billy Taylor Stats".
  4. ^ "Ramon Martinez Stats".
  5. ^ Jeremy Guthrie Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ "PNC Park". Baseballparks.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  8. ^ a b c PNC Park Gets Rave Reviews - Sports News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh Archived March 17, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
  10. ^ Caple, Jim. "Pittsburgh's gem rates the best". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
  11. ^ McKay, Jim (April 15, 2001). "Workers proud of what they have wrought". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  12. ^ Pratt, Devin. "Top Stadiums: Pittsburgh's PNC Park". Men's Fitness. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  13. ^ Langosch, Jenifer (April 2, 2008). "PNC in Men's Fitness top 10 stadiums". PittsburghPirates.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  14. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  15. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  16. ^ "2001 Pittsburgh Pirates Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.
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  • 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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